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Klimes, Lumir 'Curly'
ELY - Lumir “Curly” Klimes, 87, of 2903 F Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Ely, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, in St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Pastor J. Richard Ernst. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial: Sulek Cemetery, rural Shueyville, with military honors by American Legion Hanford Post 5.
Survivors include his wife, Anna; daughters, Linda Sellers (Richard) Drake of Monticello and Janice Stone Michel of Waunakee, Wis.; granddaughters, Anita Sellers of Waunakee, Wis., and Hollee Stone (Thomas) McInnis of Neenah, Wis.; great grandchildren, Berkley McInnis and Jack McInnis; and several nephews and nieces, Barbara Dietz (Donald) Hennings, Charles (Twila) Dietz, Raymond (Mary) Dietz, Larry Klimes, Darlene Jones, Shirley Kurth, Richard Klimes and Janelle Sanchez. Also surviving are stepgrandchildren, Melinda McElmeel and Richard Drake Jr.; and step great-grandchildren, Alexandra and Haley McElmeel.
Lumir was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, George Klimes Jr. and Emil Klimes; sister, Sadie Klimes Dietz; son-in-law, Jeffrey Michel; and nephews, Laverne Klimes and Carl Klimes.
Born Sept. 22, 1923, on a farm, where the Rockwell Collins hanger is now located at the Cedar Rapids airport, Lumir was the son of George and Clara (Schultz) Klimes Sr. Lumir served his country from Feb. 23, 1945, to Dec. 23, 1946, in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was stationed in the Philippines and Korea. Lumir received the Asiatic/Pacific Medal and Good Conduct Medal. On Jan. 15, 1947, Lumir was united in marriage to Anna Clara Louvar at the Presbyterian Church in Osceola, Ark.
He was a farmer and worked for Colonial Bakery, FMC Corporation and was a security guard.
Lumir was a member of American Legion Hanford Post 5. His hobbies were investments, reading, music, playing the trumpet and raising pumpkins.
A memorial fund has been established in Lumir's memory.
Please sign the online guest book for Lumir at under obituaries.
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